Renen talks with Maurice
Hey maurice. Will this guy be alive after all that? So I will continue cheking the rest of the buildings on this side.
Go to the area in the C-15 building in bullet time. Kill all the sods, starting with the one with Rocket Launcher.
(I presume there are still sods there, right?)
C-15 appears to have been a barracks of sorts, but it's empty now. The human contents of it appear to be just outside it, in more pieces then they started in. Hm.
Lars nodded at his work. "Amen. Praise to the Soldier's Pantheon." He checked his comms to make sure he was transmitting to all team members. "General Miyamoto, the building is clear. Orders?"
"Just... Move to the next building. Maybe tone down the indiscriminate killing, if that fits in your schedule. Maybe stop burning buildings full of stuff we could salvage, if that's alright?
Finally, USE SOME GODDAMN COMMON SENSE YA MANIAC. Seriously, did you have to kill ALL of them? What, you jealous of my killcount? Cause civvies don't count, you know."
Use manip to suck away oxygen from the area around hospital and/or cool down the burning parts. Try to make it not be on fire anymore, but don't use all of my mindpoints.
Ask steve why they would weld shut their suits like that, and what he thinks the heat signatures inside the suit could be.
You put out the fires, but the wide area of effect makes your head hurt a bit.
>It's possible they've been automated. Or that there are human brains in there, kept alive and using the suit as their body. That happens sometimes; older soldiers being kept alive in battle suits or even armored vehicles in order to extend their life and usefulness. Be careful if you're gonna mess with them, they might activate. Even unarmed battle suits aren't push overs.((Oh no, Lars is a murderer now as well. And the hospital is set on fire. NOOOOOOO! ))
Yes, he should be fine. Let's finish the sweep.
((Also, the C-15 building should be clear. Probably. As well as C-16, C-17 and C-5.
Maurice heatsliced those buildings together with enemy soldiers a few turns ago with an MFM.))
Let's see... I think I saw Gilgamesh heading for C-9, and I trust you've cleared buildings up there, so we still have C-12, C-4 and that building behind C-9 to clear before moving on. C-15 through C-17 and C-5 should have been cleared... unless someone was hiding prone or something. Hmmm. Worth a quick check.
Bartholomew, I suggest we continue the sweep together, between your suit's flight capability and our combined firepower. Say, we're visiting C-12 next. Oh, and I think that you'd have better time flying rather than walking. Hmmm.
Get to C-12, preferably as cargo.
See if I can make a small program to automate exosuit walking without requiring user physical effort.
Also, what is the condition of those buildings I heatsliced earlier?
Wait. Is that the hospital burning over there? What happened?
C-12? Well if you want to go there as cargo someone's gonna have to carry you. Lets see if anyone does.
[1+1] Apparently you can not.
Technical term is "Fucked up". You "Fucked up" those buildings very well. They are 100% "Fucked up".
Okay, messer.
Carry Nikitian to C12 by flying.
Ah there we go. Lets see...
We'll assume you both land on the roof again. This one is more of a tin shed then a proper building; large but clearly not made to be inhabited.
Apply cutting torch to entrance hatch.
In light of what steve just said, I'll hold this action for a moment.
"Yes, my general! Forward in the name of Steve!"
Go clear A-12. Try not to shoot non-hostiles this time (but deliver swift laser-based justice on those who oppose.)
A-12 is the hospital! It's cleared! How much more dead do you want to make those people!
"Well, not exactly what I was planning, but I like your style."
Examine survivors for anyone useful looking.
Private comm to Miya:
"Are we taking prisoners? Some people might be worth interrogating."
If yes, bind them (somehow) and keep them all together in one spot.
Otherwise just leave them.
The only ones Lars left alive are all already passed out and clearly not going anywhere. Gonna bind the coma patient? We can, if you want.
((I was going to try and intimidate them out, but why not robocop them into submission instead?))
Get in through the wall closest to them and say the following as I walk towards them. All in the most intimidating manner possible, of course.
"Come quietly or there will be... trouble!"
If they start shooting guns, just stand there not giving a damn as I prepare to fire my non-lethal microwaves at them and then fire once ready.
If they have anything Anti-Tank they could use in enclosed spaces or if they have guns and start running away, then I microwave them immediately.
If they don't have guns or if they drop their guns and surrender, then try to grab one of them for interrogation. Preferably someone that looks important.
If they have guns, don't drop them but don't shoot them either, then I guess they want to negotiate so I wait for them to speak while preparing to fire in case negotiations don't pan out.
EDIT:Note that non-lethal is maximum dispersion minimum power setting.
You smash your way in though the wall and start shouting your intimidation but the half dozen men in the building, least the half dozen you can readily see, all behave very strangely. They don't run, they don't shoot, they just charge you. They start running around the suit, running behind it or climbing it. You recognize the tactic from The Assault on Hephaestus; the same tactics the Sods used up close.
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